Furniture



(No Model.) 3 Sheets-Sheet 1. R. B, SIGAFOOS.

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No. 531,010. Patented De0.,18, 1894.

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Patented Dec. 18,1894,

UNITED "STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

RUSSEL B. SIGAFOOS, OF RAGINE, WISCONSIN.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 531,010, dated December18 1 894. Application filed January 1894. Serial No. 496. (N0 11105013thereof.

My invention has for its object to provide a combined extension tableand sideboard, the one to be wholly contained within the other when notin use; and it'con'sists incertain peculiarities of construction andcombination of parts hereinafter set forth with reference to theaccompanying drawings, and

subsequently claimed.

In the drawings: Figure 1 represents a perspective view of an article offurniture constructed according to my invention, the table portionthereof being extended; Fig. 2, a vertical longitudinal section of thesame; Fig. 3, a like view of a portion of the structure illustratingtheinclosing of the table within the sideboard, and Fig. 4, a plan view ofsaid structure partly broken away and in section. Figs. 5 and 6represent detail transverse sections respectively taken on lines 5--5and 6-6 of Fig. 4..

Referring by letter to the drawings, A represents a sideboard similaringeneral appea r-' ance to those of ordinary construction, but incarrying out my invention I provide this sideboard with an uppercompartment having such length, breadth, and depth as may be found mostdesirable. Each end-wall of the aforesaid compartment is provided with apermanent guide B for the innermost section 0 of an extension-tableslide, and as the latter may be of any of the well known makes detaildescription of those herein shown is not deemed necessary, although as amatter of preference the slide-sections are of such length and bearing,one upon another, as to prevent sagging.

In carrying out my invention it is preferable toprovide the inner end ofeach slide section 0 with avertical stop D, the purpose -of the latterbeing hereinafter specified.

Hinged to the slide sections 0 in front of the vertical stops D is theinnermost leaf E of the table top, and all the leaves in the series arejoined to each other by alternating lower and upper hinges so as to foldtogether and stand on edge within the aforesaid compartment of thesideboard whenever it is desirable to utilize the space necessary forthe extended tabler Joined to the outermost sections F of the extensionslides. is a rail G and depending from this rail are two legs H, thelatter being preferably mounted on casters.

The bottom of a sideboard and a horizontal partition] that constitutesthe bottom of the upper compartment, above specified, are provided withrecesses b for the upper and lower portions of the legs H, when thetable is-out of service, these legs being then within closetportions ofsaid sideboard and concealed by doors J having depending portions 0 thatclose the lowermost of the aforesaid recesses. It is also to be observedthat when the table is out of service the leg-rail Gis utilized as aportion of the front of the sideboard, and that the upper compartmenthas a hinged side or closureK that may form another portion of thesideboard front when thereis extension of said table. To hold the hingeddevice K in raised position within the sideboard, I employ a turn-buttonL or other suitable device, and I prefer to provide alternate leaves ofthe table-top with depending ears M, the latter being arranged adjacentto the lower hinges inward from the'same.

When the lugs M are employed I make use of any suitable device that willoffer resistance to said lugs when the table is being pushed into thesideboard whereby certain of the joints are automatically broken andsaid leaves compelled to rise and 'stand'on edge. The abutting devicefor the lugsmay be a lever N pivotally connected to a stationary portionof the sideboard as herein shown, and the movement of this lever ineither direction on its pivot may be limited by suitable stops (1 alsoillustrated in this presentation of my invention.

In practice the outermost leaf in the series the turn-button or otherholding device, and

that side of said leaf that faces outward may be carved or otherwiseornamented.

The stops D above specified prevent the leaves from tilting toward theback of the sideboard, and the operation of folding said leaves will bereadily understood from the illustration in dotted lines Fig. 3.

The structure herein shown and described constitutes apreferable form ofmy invention, but various changes may be made in matters of detailwithout departure from the general result.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A sideboard provided with extensible supports arranged to contracttherein, a series of leaves that are connected by alternate lower andupper hinges and have their bearing on the supports, projectionsdepending from certain of the leaves, and a resistance device in thepath of the projections, substantially as set forth.

2. A sideboard having its bottom provided with front recesses and ahorizontal partition also provided with recesses, leaf-supportscontractible in the sideboard above said partition, a rail that normallyconstitutes a front portion of said sideboard and is joined to the outerends of the leaf supports, legs dependingfrom the rail to come withinsaid recesses, and swinging doors having depending por- 'tions thatclose the front recesses in the sideboard-bottom, substantially as setforth.

3. A sideboard having its bottom provided withfront recesses and ahorizontal partition also provided with recesses, extensible supportscontractible in the sideboard above said partition, a rail that normallyconstitutes a front portion of said sideboard and is joined to the outerends of the supports, legs depending from the rail to come'within saidrecesses, doors having depending portions that close thebottom-recesses, a series of hingejoined leaves on said supports, andsuitable means for compelling an automatic folding of the leavescoincident with a contraction of the aforesaid supports, substantiallyas set forth.

In testimony that I claimthe foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, atRacine, in the county of Racine and State of Wisconsin, in the presenceof two witnesses.

RUSSEL B.- SIGAFOOS.

Witnesses:

MAX W. HECK, SAML. RITCHIE.

